Biotechnology Research International

Research Article

Assessing the Effect of Composting Cassava Peel Based Substrates on the Yield, Nutritional Quality, and Physical Characteristics of Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. ex Fr.) Kummer

Table 6

Average fibre content (%) of mushrooms harvested on different substrates.
Substrate type Compost height
0.8 M 1.5 M
Composting period Composting period
3 days5 days7 days3 days5 days7 days
cm8.42 ± 0.148.47 ± 0148.39 ± 0.138.72 ± 0.148.48 ± 0.148.69 ± 0.14
ncm8.47 ± 0.138.69 ± 0.138.57 ± 0.158.68 ± 0.148.75 ± 0.148.88 ± 0.15
ncmcc8.56 ± 0.158.77 ± 0.148.79 ± 0.148.80 ± 0.138.78 ± 0.148.74 ± 0.13
cmcc8.73 ± 0.148.74 ± 0.148.86 ± 0.158.80 ± 0.138.81 ± 0.138.79 ± 0.14
Results are mean scores of 3 ± SE.